[Freeciv-Dev] Re: core file on civserver, http://civserver.freeciv.org/g
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[Freeciv-Dev] Re: core file on civserver, http://civserver.freeciv.org/games/253417 |
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"Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:58:47 +0000 (GMT) |
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Raimar Falke wrote:
> The problem is that the server received a PACKET_PROCESSING_STARTED
> (number 0) but the client should never send such packet.
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> I suspect that an old client is connecting to a new server and the
> join packet of the old client also has number 0.
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> Ideas for fixes welcome.
Ignore such packets?
Assert-killing the server every time it receives a bad packet makes it
vulnerable to very easy denial of service attacks.
- Per
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